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Tritax Symmetry Limited (TSL) Tritax Symmetry Limited (TSL) Nova Business Park, Junction 2 of the M80 The erection of a storage and distribution warehouse (Class 6) with ancillary offices, including access, vehicle parking/ cleaning/ fuelling facilities, SUDS and landscaping. The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 - EIA Screening and Scoping Report to Support a Regulation 8 (1) Request for EIA Screening Opinion and Regulation 17 (1) Request for a Scoping Opinion 50853/May 2021 (V6) Nova Business Park EIA Screening Report Junction 2 of the M80, Robroyston, Glasgow Contents Tritax Symmetry Limited (TSL) CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT .................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 THE PROPOSAL ............................................................................................................................... 4 1.3 ENVIRONMENT TEAM ....................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 SPECIALIST STUDIES ......................................................................................................................... 5 1.5 CONTENT OF THE REPORT ................................................................................................................. 6 THE SITE AND PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................... 7 2.1 LOCATION AND CHARACTERISTICS ....................................................................................................... 7 2.2 PLANNING CONTEXT ........................................................................................................................ 9 2.3 THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................ 10 DETERMINING THE NEED FOR STATUTORY EIA ...................................................................... 12 3.1 PURPOSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ........................................................................... 12 3.2 EIA LEGISLATION ........................................................................................................................... 12 3.3 PLANNING CIRCULAR 1/17 (THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) (SCOTLAND) REGULATIONS 2017) ............................................................................................................. 12 3.4 EIA SCREENING REQUEST – REGULATION 8(1) OF THE EIA REGULATIONS 2017 ....................................... 13 POTENTIAL FOR ‘LIKELY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS’ ..................................................................... 14 4.1 SOURCES OF INFORMATION ............................................................................................................. 14 4.2 POPULATION AND HUMAN HEALTH .................................................................................................. 14 4.3 BIODIVERSITY, PROTECTED SPECIES AND HABITATS .............................................................................. 16 4.4 LAND USE, GEOLOGY, SOILS AND CONTAMINATED LAND ...................................................................... 19 4.5 WATER ENVIRONMENT, DRAINAGE AND FLOOD RISK ........................................................................... 23 4.6 AIR QUALITY ................................................................................................................................ 27 4.7 NOISE ......................................................................................................................................... 31 4.8 LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL ................................................................................................................. 35 4.9 CULTURAL HERITAGE ...................................................................................................................... 38 4.10 TRANSPORT .................................................................................................................................. 39 4.11 MATERIAL ASSETS ......................................................................................................................... 42 4.12 MAJOR ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS .................................................................................................. 43 CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................................................................... 45 APPENDIX 1 – Proposed Scope – Ecology, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Report APPENDIX 2 – Proposed Scope – Landscape and Visual Impact Appraisal IronsideFarrar 50853 / May 2021 Nova Business Park EIA Screening Report Junction 2 of the M80, Robroyston, Glasgow Page 3 Tritax Symmetry Limited (TSL) Introduction 1.1 Purpose of the Report 1.1.1 Tritax Symmetry Limited (TSL or ‘the Applicant’) has commissioned Ironside Farrar to complete an EIA Screening and Scoping exercise for a proposed new storage and distribution warehouse on land at Junction 2 of the M80. The site boundary is shown on Figure 1 below (larger copy of the plan is provided as Appendix 1). The centre of the site is at Grid Reference NS 63886 68254. 1.1.1 The EIA Screening and Scoping report has been produced under The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017. 1.1.2 This report supports a request for a Screening Opinion from Glasgow City Council under Regulation 8 (1) of the 2017 Regulations as to whether the development constitutes EIA Development. The report also supports a Regulation 17 (1) Request for a Scoping Opinion relative to the scope of supporting environmental reporting to be submitted as part of the planning application. Figure 1 – Site Boundary (Corresponds to the Proposal of Application Notice) IronsideFarrar 50853 / May 2021 Nova Business Park EIA Screening Report Junction 2 of the M80, Robroyston, Glasgow Page 4 Tritax Symmetry Limited (TSL) 1.2 The Proposal 1.2.1 A Proposal of Application Notice (PoAN) has been submitted to Glasgow City Council (GCC). The description of development is as follows: ‘The proposed development comprises of warehousing with ancillary office space, associated vehicle parking, vehicle washing and fuelling facilities, access, SuDs and landscaping’ Figure 2 – Aerial Photograph (Source: Google Maps) 1.2.2 The development comprises the following key elements: • Development of approximately 45.12 Acres / 18.26 Hectares • Vehicular access via Robroyston Way which connects to the B765 Robroyston Road and is approximately 650m to Junction 2 of the M80 Glasgow to Stirling motorway. • Construction of a new 46451.52 m2 warehouse, approximately 63 loading docks and associated infrastructure • Construction of a new 52500m2 ancillary office space and associated infrastructure • The height of the Proposed Development has been set at 114.07m AoD (23m AGL) with a Finished Floor Level of 91.07 m AoD. • Construction of a fuel and wash station and associated infrastructure • Approximately 372 car parking spaces IronsideFarrar 50853 / May 2021 Nova Business Park EIA Screening Report Junction 2 of the M80, Robroyston, Glasgow Page 5 Tritax Symmetry Limited (TSL) • Approximately 156 HGV parking spaces • Creation of a new SUDS / drainage system • High quality landscape and amenity design 1.2.3 The site is allocated in the adopted Glasgow City Plan for economic development. It is also located within the wider Strategic Economic Investment Location (SEIL) as an “Opportunity Site” of Robroyston Nova Technology Park and identified as marketable land in the Council’s established business and industrial land supply. Further details on planning context are provided in Section 2. 1.3 Environment Team 1.3.1 This EIA Screening and Scoping Report has been led by Ironside Farrar with specialist input from the wider Design Team as set out in the following table: Table 1 – EIA Screening and Scoping Team Specialist Qualifications BSc (Hons), MSc, MIEnvSc, Kim McLaren, Director PIEMA, CEnv Henry Farrar, Associate BA (Hons), MSc, MRTPI Steph May-Roberts, Graduate Environmental BSc Hons, MSc, MSc Consultant Anna Wright BSc (Hons), MSc, CSci FGS Associate Civil Engineer Lynda Thomson, Director, Optimised BA(Hons) Landscape Environments Limited (OPEN) Architecture, CMLI BA Hons. Oxon, MSc, Dr Beccy Osborn, Director, Direct Ecology Ltd MCIEEM BSc MPhil CEnv MCIWM Steve Fraser, Director, The Airshed Ltd MIoA Mark Littlewood, Project Manager, AOC BA (Hons), MSc Archaeology 1.4 Specialist Studies 1.4.1 There are a number of ongoing workstreams and we have referenced studies and reports within this report where appropriate: • Architecture and Design – UMC Architects • Landscape Framework - Optimised Environments Limited (OPEN) • Civil and Structural Engineers - Tier Consult • Planning – Colliers • Tree Survey – Donald Rodger Associates Ltd • Transport – Systra Ltd IronsideFarrar 50853 / May 2021 Nova Business Park EIA Screening Report Junction 2 of the M80, Robroyston, Glasgow Page 6 Tritax Symmetry Limited (TSL) 1.5 Content of the Report 1.5.1 The remainder of this report is split into the following main sections: • Section 2 – The Site • Section 3 – Determining the Need for EIA • Section 4 – EIA Screening Assessment • Section 5 – Conclusions • Section 6 – Completed EIA Screening Checklist • Appendices – Proposed
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